Alexander Gallas

The Thatcherite Offensive

A Neo-Poulantzasian Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Thatcherite Offensive, Alexander Gallas shows that Thatcherism's unity as a political project lay in the fact that the Thatcher governments profoundly shifted class relations in Britain in favour of capital and restructured the institutions underpinning class domination.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9789004231610
• ISBN-10: 9004231617
• Artikelnr.: 43776644

Autorenporträt

Alexander Gallas, PhD (2010), Lancaster University, is Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Kassel. He is editor of the Global Labour Journal and regularly writes on topics such as the state, class, labour relations and British Politics. His publications include Reading Poulantzas (Merlin, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: THATCHERISM AND THE NEO-POULANTZASIAN APPROACH
1. The Hall-Jessop Debate
2. Neo-Poulantzasian Political Analysis
PART II: CLASS AND POLITICS IN BRITAIN, 1977-99
3. Method of Presentation
4. Pre-history: Britain in Crisis (-1977)
5. Emergence: A New Agenda for the Conservative Party (1977-9)
Case Study: Preparing for Government - Conservative Policy Papers from 1977
6. Material Gains: Conducting Class Politics by Stealth (1979-84)
7. Instability and Confrontation (1984-8)
Case Study: Attacking the Union Movement - The Miners' Strike
Case Study: Dividing the Nation - The 'Big Bang' and the Liberalisation of
Financial Markets
8. Stabilisation: Entrenching the Advance (1988-92)
9. Erosion: Losing Control (1992-9)
PART III: THE AFTERMATH
10. The Consequences of Thatcherism
11. New Labour and the Thatcherite Legacy
Conclusion
References
Index